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Shady Grove, My Little Love

Posted in Music, Social Media, tagged , , , on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Yes, I’m posting this two weeks after St. Patrick’s Day. It’s been a rough month. Erin go bragh! And England too. Hell, the whole damned place. The Chieftains, Tim O’Brien along with a few young stepdancers toward the end of “Shady Grove.” David Gibb performs “A Begging I Will Go.” Scottish band Capercaillie featuring the [...]

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Valentine’s Day: Love 2.0

Posted in Music, Pop Culture, Social Media, Woman Up, tagged , , , , , on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Love calls, like the wild birds It’s another day A spring wind blew My list of things to do away “Spring Wind” by singer/songwriter Greg Brown ~ ~ ~ We now know love is little more than a chemical imbalance. (Thanks a lot for the buzzkill, science.) Which explains the crazy behavior observed among those afflicted. [...]

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Imagine iPeace: The Beatles and Kids in a YouTube World

Posted in Music, Politics, Pop Culture, Social Media, The Beatles, Woman Up, tagged , on December 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Had John Lennon not died in 1980, this year he would have celebrated his 70th birthday on Oct. 9. And a month later, he would have seen the Beatles catalog appear on iTunes for the first time. In one week, Apple sold 1.4 million Beatles songs. “Just imagine that we could live our favorite melodies,” Carly Paige [...]

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Merry Christmas

Posted in Music, Social Media, tagged , , , on November 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »

“Hoot” by Sungha Jung. “Little Drummer Boy” by Low. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy on glass harp. “The Holly & the Ivy” by Mediaeval Baebes. “The Holly & the Ivy” by QuireCleveland. “Pat a Pan” by David Archuleta. “Ding Dong Merrily on High” by The Christmas Belles. “Jacob Marley’s Chain” by Aimee Mann. “Fum [...]

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Eldersex: Love Among the Ruined?

Posted in Music, Pop Culture, TV, tagged , , , , on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Remember when Tom Jones was the tackiest thing on two legs? I realized I was way out of the mainstream in my taste in men when I saw all those women throwing underwear on stage. To me, Tom Jones was the epitome of sleaze. His big hits were some of the most reviled songs of [...]

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